Wild Berries and Fruit Field Guide of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan

by Teresa Marrone

Overview

Now you can identify wild berries and fruits. Learn what's edible and what to avoid with this easy-to-use field guide. The species in the book are organized by color, then by form, so when you see something in the field, you'll know just where to look. Full-page photos and insets show each plant's key identification points, while detailed descriptions give you the information you need to know. Teresa Marrone has been gathering and preparing wild edibles for more than 20 years. Let her share that experience with you.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591932246
Publisher:	Adventure Publications, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/01/2009
Series:	Wild Berries & Fruits Identification Guides Series
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	4.40(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Teresa Marrone has been gathering and preparing wild edibles for more than 20 years. She was formerly Managing Editor of a series of outdoors-themed books, and is the author of ABUNDANTLY WILD: COLLECTING AND COOKING WILD EIDBLES IN THE UPPER MIDWEST, as well as numerous other outdoors-related cookbooks. Teresa also writes magazine articles on wild foods and cooking, and has taken up photography in recent years. Teresa lives in Minneapolis with husband, Bruce, and their Senegal parrot, Tuca.

Editorial Reviews

WILD BERRIES & FRUITS - Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, by Teresa Marrone, Adventure Publications, Cambridge, MN, 280 pages, $14.95.

This is an absolute gold mine of a field guide, with an abundance of well-organized useful information. Whether foraging is your latest hobby or you just want to check the edibility of that fruit you've seen on your forays in the field, this book is for you. Berry picking is a relaxing, worthwhile pastime and this guide will point you in the right direction at the right season to ensure a bucketful of juicy nuggets.
Not sure when to look for your favorite wild berry? Consult the "Ripening Calendar for Edible Fruit" in the front of the book. It lists all edible fruits with a May to October timeline of when the flower and ripen, or in some cases, persist through the winter. Each fruit has a two-page listing, organized by fruit color, with a full-page photo for each entry. Some include inset photos of similar species or other plant parts for better identification, A plant description opposite each photo includes habitat, range, how the plant grows, leaf and fruit description, ripening season, comparisons with other fruits and notes of particular interest.
The most useful indicator in each entry is the thumb tab at the top of the page that describes the fruit as delicious, edible, not edible or toxic. Once you've gathered your harvest, find out how to prepare it in the companion cookbook.

Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine - Kathryn A. Kahler